Category: What’s so dangerous about global warming?

This has been a brutally hot summer so far, breaking records all around the world. This is NOT normal... the excess heat we are seeing in the atmosphere will transfer - as it always does - to the oceans, which…

Hey, busy people, here is a new, concise animation showing the increasing temperatures of recent decades. (It's actually kind of hypnotic, fun to watch...) I’d say it’s important to share the animation with family and friends – to gently and…

Although our site emphasizes the many positive, empowering things humanity is doing to slow the emerging climate crisis, it is important at year-end to do a reality check. Big changes continue... the news is sobering, according to this piece recapping…

One of the most dangerous things about the emerging global warming crisis is the organized, well-funded opposition to any reasonable action - opposition even to a fair reading of the science, in particular inside the United States. Here is an…

The United States government Friday published its most-weighty report yet on the unfolding climate change crisis, drawing on over 1,500 peer-reviewed scientific papers, according to National Public Radio's All Things Considered: Read their article or hear the broadcast here. In…

Gosh, who would have guessed, with all this talk about bringing coal jobs back? Coal is filthy stuff and shortens the lives of 52,000 Americans each year, according to "So about those coal jobs: Turns out replacing coal with solar could…

Global Warming for Busy People is mostly calls-to-action, and we focus on coaxing busy-but-concerned people to start fighting the good fight, teaching a basket of tactics drawn from the personal powers we all possess in a democratic, market-based economy. But…

March temperature data is in, and the news isn't good: It was the second hottest March on record. The excellent graphic in this piece by Brian Kahn of Climate Central tells the story of our unfolding new-climate era. "What's so…

Last month I camped in the California desert, and yes, there is awesome spring life there - not only an explosion of flowers, but also bird life. So, yes, given the ferocious five-year drought the state just went through, I…

Human population (“the economy”) will gradually surpass our planet’s carrying-capacity, and stress points are already starting to show. The stress-point emerging first and worst is global warming, which is already partially upon us and promises to get worse, as mankind…

Nice investigative piece from this week's Bloomberg... on how poorly prepared for climate adaptation Alaska currently is, given the much-warmer winters its economy now experiences. But, not obviously, there are a BOATLOAD of new jobs coming in the climate adaptation…

Global warming is a devilish problem, because our greenhouse gas pollution comes mostly from fossil fuels which infect every area of our civilization. But though daunting, fossil fuels are where we must focus the big solutions, ones that really stand…

According to film-industry mainstay Variety, a July 28 summer release date has been set for An Inconvenient Sequel: Speaking Truth to Power. Al Gore's ten-year update of his orginal hit global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth received positive reviews at this month's…

This useful summary-message is by Canadian author Guy Dauncey, from his fine resource book: "The Climate Challenge (101 Solutions to Global Warming)" Fossil fuels have been amazing. The age of fossil fuels is almost over. Climate change is the Earth's…

I can't resist turning busy readers onto powerful, concise videos... that give a solid briefing very quickly. This video is by climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University... her talks are lively, short and pack a lot of scientific…

As I said, most busy people visiting our site already know that global warming is a huge, emerging and long-lived problem... But for those who want more background, here is a concise look at the unvarnished science, a link to…

Normally, people who come to Global Warming for Busy People aready KNOW the magnitude of our risk and are here seeking solutions... "Ok, I get it. What are the most efficient ways I can get results?" But just in case…

Fine, so our first blog post posed problem and mission statements... scary stuff, but big and true stuff -probably the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. But we're about solutions here, and that's where the excitement, community, and deep brain…

PROBLEM STATEMENT: Human population (“the economy”) will surpass our planet’s carrying capacity, and human-caused climate change stress-points are already starting to show. This is the kind of thing that ends civilizations… the stress-point emerging first and most urgently is global…